The more important reason was still the "AB Combo."
Fourth Raikage A and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer B, had become sworn brothers.
In Kumogakure.
Killer B was not a monster shunned by others, but the second-ranking figure beneath the Raikage.
In the sky.
Shisui Uchiha's [Mangekyō Sharingan] remained firmly fixed on the mountain-sized, bull-headed octopus below, a trace of gravity flashing deep within his eyes.
The Eight-Tails.
The tailed beast second only to the Nine-Tails in the shinobi world.
Its terrifying volume of chakra alone was enough to drive the vast majority of ninja to despair.
Eight-Tails Gyuki raised his head, his enormous bovine eyes reflecting the black feathers drifting down across the sky.
He had no doubt that if those black feathers landed on him, even a tailed beast would pay a devastating price.
One of his tails had already been burned off just now!
But the Eight-Tails could not use Water Release or Wind Release to try to scatter the black feathers, either.
The Kumogakure ninja had already proven with their blood and lives that ninjutsu attacks would only make the black flames burn more fiercely.
He could not use taijutsu, and he could not use ninjutsu...
"Roar!"
Eight-Tails Gyuki let out another roar.
His numerous purplish-red tentacles swung into motion at once, spinning wildly in midair.
But this time, Eight-Tails Gyuki did not bring his tentacles into direct contact with the black feathers again.
Instead, he used his tentacles to whip up fierce winds, blowing those black Amaterasu feathers toward nearby unoccupied ground.
Eight-Tails Gyuki's tentacles thrashed wildly above the earth, each rotation raising a pure gale that contained no chakra.
This counterattack proved surprisingly effective.
The black feathers drifting through the sky were swept up by the gales and blown onto the open ground around the